About Agnes, Heiress de Legh

Agnes de Leigh is the daughter of Richard de Leigh.1 She married, firstly, Richard de Lymm, son of Hugh de Lymm.1 She married, thirdly, William Venables, son of William Venables.1 She married, secondly, William de Hawardyn.1

Agnes de LEGH [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1240 in High Legh, Cheshire, England. She died 1280/1285 in Bradwall, Cheshire, England. Agnes married Richard de LYMME on 1257 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

Other marriages:

HAWARDEN, William de

VENABLES, William de Knight

They had the following children:

M i Thomas de LEGH was born 1258 and died 1316.

sources:

1. Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819.), 1:499, 3:199, 3:661, Family History Library, 942.71 H2or.

RICHARD DE LEIGH, living temp. Henry III., had (with a dau., Margery, m. to Aytrop, son of Aytrop, of Millington) a son and successor,

RICHARD DE LEIGH, whose only dau. and heir,

'AGNES DE LEIGH, m. three husbands, Her first was RICHARD DE LYMM, (son of Hugh de Lymm, lord of the moiety of Lymm in 1258,) by whom she had one son,

THOMAS, who assumed the name of LEIGH, and obtained the estate of the West Hall, in High Leigh.

'Agnes de Leigh m. 2ndly, William de Hawardyn, by whom she had a son,

Ralph de Hawardyn.

'By her third husband, William Venables, she had

John, who also assumed the surname of LEGH, and resided at Booths, in Cheshire. By his first wife he had a son, Sir John de Legh, living temp. Edward III., ancestor of the Leghs of Booths, and by his second, Ellen, dau. of Thomas de Corona, of Adlington, he had, inter elios, another son,

Robert, of Adlington, ancestor of the Leghs of Adlington, Lyme, Stoneleigh, &c. Sir Peter Legh, the first of Lyme, was beheaded at Chester, by order of the Duke of Lancaster, in 1399; and his son and successor, Sir Peter Legh, Knight-banneret, fell at Agincourt.

The sixth in direct descent from the first Baron of Kinderton was Sir William Venables, who by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Dutton of Dutton, had two sons, Sir Hugh, who inherited the barony, and 'Sir William, to whom his father gave the lordship of Bradwall, near Sandbach. This William was twice married, his second wife being Agnes, daughter and heir of Richard de Legh, of the West Hall, near Knutsford, and the widow of Richard de Lymme. By her he had' John Venables, who, as previously stated, assumed his mother's maiden name of Legh. . . . married sometime previous to 1315 Ellen de Corona, . . . Four sons were born of this marriage, three of whom became the founders of distinct houses; John, ancestor of the Leghs of Booths; Robert, to whom, at the death of his mother in 1352, the manor of Adlington reverted under the Corona settlement, and who thus became progenitor of the Leghs of Adlington, Lyme, Ridge, Stoneleigh, Stockwell, &c.; William, founder of the line of Isall in Cumberland, and from whom descended . . .

'Sir William Venables of Bradwell. m. 1st Catherine, daughter of Sir P. Thornton. (First wife.) m. 2nd Agnes, daugher and heiress of Richard de Legh, and widow of Richard de Limme, She survived two first husbands and remarried W. de Hawarden, and had issue.

GENERATION

John de Venables, called Legh, and purchaser of Norbury Booths, 28 Edward I. m. Ellen de Corona, or Baggiley, great-aunt of Thomas, the last of the Corona's Ob. 1350

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'Agnes de Leigh1

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Last Edited=1 Jan 2009

' Agnes de Leigh is the daughter of Richard de Leigh.1 She married, firstly, Richard de Lymm, son of Hugh de Lymm.1 She married, thirdly, William Venables, son of William Venables.1 She married, secondly, William de Hawardyn.1

' Her married name became Hawardyn.1 Her married name became Venables.1 Her married name became de Lymm.1

' Agnes de Legh married Sir William Venables, son of Sir William Venables and Margaret Dutton. Agnes de Legh was born at of West Hall in High Legh, Cheshire, England. She married Richard de Limme, son of Hugh de Limme and Emma. Agnes de Legh married William de Hawardyn.

'Family 1 William de Hawardyn

Child

Ralph de Hawardyn

'Family 2 Richard de Limme

Child

Thomas de Legh+ d. a 1305

'Family 3 Sir William Venables d. a 1300

Child

John Legh+ d. c 1324

Citations

1.[S3302] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 352; Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p. 45; Wallop Family, p. 482.

Caution: She is not the spouse/partner of William Daniers / Danyers or obviously the mother of the Danyer children. Daughter and heiress of Richard de Legh. William Venables was her second husband, Richard de Limme her first. Agnes survives both husbands and marries, thirdly, William de Hawarden, and has issue.